Dustin Hoffman
"So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me."
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"I mean, I don't think I'm alone when I look at the homeless person or the bum or the psychotic or the drunk or the drug addict or the criminal and see their baby pictures in my mind's eye. You don't think they were cute like every other baby?"
"The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk."
"I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation."
"I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation."
"Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it."